Certain
sections
of
the
Rajput
community
in
Rajasthan
have
raised
an
objection
on
Ashutosh
Gowarikar's
magnum
opus
Jodhaa
Akbar
starring
Aishwarya
Bachchan
and
Hrithik
Roshan.
According
to
them,
the
argument
is
that,
historically
speaking,
Jodhaa
was
not
Akbar's
wife.
In
fact,
they
she
was
not
even
a
Jaipur
princess,
though
she
hailed
from
Jodhpur
and
was
the
wife
of
Jehangir.
Moreover,
Gowarikar
is
hurting
the
sentiments
of
Rajput
to
no
end,
by
twisting
history.
But
all
is
not
lost
for
Ashutosh,
as
he
is
supported
by
the
royal
families
of
Jaipur
and
Kishangarh.
They
have
extended
their
support
to
him
by
digging
out
some
of
the
old
original
historical
records
to
prove
that
Akbar
married
a
Jaipur
princess.
Meanwhile,
Maharani
Padmini
Devi,
a
member
of
the
Jaipur
Royal
family,
went
on
record
to
say
that
they
had
gone
through
the
script
before
Ashutosh
started
filming
and
that
the
'mahurat" shot
was
taken
in
Jaipur
itself.
She
also
added
that
if
at
all
they
had
found
anything
objectionable,
then,
they
wouldn"t
have
given
their
nod
for
the
same.
The
latest
reports
say
that
the
Karni
Sena,
a
Rajput
organization
based
in
Jaipur,
has
threatened
to
prevent
the
film
from
being
released
in
Rajasthan.
Meanwhile,
a
battalion
of
youths
from
the
Rajput
community
staged
a
protest
demonstration
and
shouted
slogans
against
Ashutosh.
They
further
intensified
their
protests
by
burning
promotional
posters
of
the
film.
Story first published: Monday, February 4, 2008, 16:50 [IST]